Kobyz and the yurt: Central Asia’s living knowledge enters UNESCO’s intangible heritage lists

A few streets away, a young apprentice holds a bow of horsehair against an unfinished two-stringed instrument, trying to coax out a sound his teacher calls “as old as the steppe.” These scenes reflect ...

China's durian craze has turned this tropical fruit into a tool of diplomacy

Distinctive in taste and famously divisive, durian is not everyone's choice of fruit. This was certainly the case for some ...